Lee v. Lee
Supreme Court of Alabama
Bill in Equity for Allotment of Dower, and Account of Rents and Profits. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Perry. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on the 15th September, 1879, by Mrs. Tabitha J. Lee, the widow of R. IT.
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Bill in Equity for Allotment of Dower, and Account of Rents and Profits. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Perry. Heard before the Hon. Thomas Cobbs. The bill in this case was filed on the 15th September, 1879, by Mrs. Tabitha J. Lee, the widow of R. IT. Lee, deceased; and sought an allotment of dower in certain lands, of which her said husband was seized and possessed during coverture, and which the several defendants claimed as purchasers and sub-purchasers under judicial sales against him, and an account of the rents and profits received or accruing after his death. Said Richard IT. Lee…
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J.
The bill in this case was filed by Mrs. Lee, and its purpose is to have dower allotted to her in two tracts of land, described in the pleadings. The bill avers that, during the coverture, her husband, Richard IT. Lee, was seized in fee of the entire interest in six hundred and forty acres of land, known as the “Prairie place,” and of an undivided half in*417terest in another tract, containing about eighteen hundred acres, known as the “ Muckle place.” Each of the tracts of land is described by Government-survey numbers. It is not controverted that complainant has fully established her…
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